Twin brothers Brian and Matt Walker went to live with their mother’s brother after the death of their parents at an early age. Brian is still wracked with the guilt he carries around from a young age and sees the world through a distorted lens of self-loathing. When he meets a sexy and interested college-aged guy at the beginning of his senior year of high school, he may have finally found someone who can help him escape his mundane existence.<br><br>Matt has his life all planned out -- he longs for a solid career in journalism after graduating college. But his tenuous hold on family life threatens his dreams of independence, as does the attentions of a closeted new transfer to their school.<br><br>Can Matt pull away enough from his family to come into his own? And will Brian finally get to grips with his past and allow his twin to chase his own happiness?

Twice the Hands to Hold

“Are you still ticked they don’t serve beer?”


“I didn’t know it was such a fancy place,” Henry said. “I’d have worn a tie or something.”


“I’m not wearing a tie. It’s smart casual.”


“I was going for the windswept high school coach look.”


“In that case,” Jake smiled at the humor in his date’s eyes, “you’re rocking it.” The man was burly, masculine, and trying his best to seem comfortable in his surroundings. Jake contemplated ordering one more wine before releasing Henry from his obvious torture but couldn’t get it over his heart. Feeling something swell up deep inside him from the man’s willingness to take himself so far out his comfort zone for Jake, he finished his wine and sat back in his chair.


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